# Video camera falls from plane. Records all the way down. Lands in pig pen. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 4, 2014, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-camera-falls-from-plane-records-all-the-way-down-lands-in-pig-pen/700338 "2014-10-04T02:12:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2014, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-camera-falls-from-plane-records-all-the-way-down-lands-in-pig-pen/700338/1 "2014-10-04T02:12:59Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/2WSb34yCtsQ/maxresdefault.jpg "It's Raining GoPros! | INCREDIBLE Camera Falls From Plane to Pig Pen") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WSb34yCtsQ) ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2014, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-camera-falls-from-plane-records-all-the-way-down-lands-in-pig-pen/700338/2 "2014-10-04T02:36:13Z")
That’s outstanding. Glad it didn’t hit the pig. ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2014, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-camera-falls-from-plane-records-all-the-way-down-lands-in-pig-pen/700338/3 "2014-10-04T02:48:20Z")
I’m trying to understand what we’re seeing on the video on the way down. The best I can figure is that the camera is spinning and the electronics are fighting to stabilize the picture, and that somehow causes the multiple bands of earth and sky. ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2014, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-camera-falls-from-plane-records-all-the-way-down-lands-in-pig-pen/700338/4 "2014-10-04T02:58:02Z")
> [@davidm](#): > > I’m trying to understand what we’re seeing on the video on the way down. The best I can figure is that the camera is spinning and the electronics are fighting to stabilize the picture, and that somehow causes the multiple bands of earth and sky. It may be an effect of the rate of spin of the falling camera versus its video frame rate. ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2014, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-camera-falls-from-plane-records-all-the-way-down-lands-in-pig-pen/700338/5 "2014-10-04T03:00:44Z")
> [@Tangent](#): > > It may be an effect of the rate of spin of the falling camera versus its video frame rate. That makes sense. ---
**Author:** ![Flander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8c91f0/32.png) [@Flander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flander)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2014, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-camera-falls-from-plane-records-all-the-way-down-lands-in-pig-pen/700338/6 "2014-10-04T03:29:41Z")
It landed face up?! With a clean lens?!? With a fisheye?!? BULLSHIT! ---
**Author:** ![wedgehed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8edcca/32.png) [@wedgehed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wedgehed)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2014, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-camera-falls-from-plane-records-all-the-way-down-lands-in-pig-pen/700338/7 "2014-10-04T03:33:13Z")
> [@Flander](#): > > It landed face up?! With a clean lens?!? With a fisheye?!? BULLSHIT! In a pig’s eye would have sufficed. ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2014, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-camera-falls-from-plane-records-all-the-way-down-lands-in-pig-pen/700338/8 "2014-10-04T03:34:19Z")
i think a pig would be more destructive than just licking. ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2014, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-camera-falls-from-plane-records-all-the-way-down-lands-in-pig-pen/700338/9 "2014-10-04T03:34:56Z")
> [@Flander](#): > > It landed face up?! With a clean lens?!? With a fisheye?!? BULLSHIT! I hear what you’re saying, but if it’s fake then it’s a damned good job. ---
**Author:** ![Bozuit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/edb3f5/32.png) [@Bozuit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bozuit)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2014, 10:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-camera-falls-from-plane-records-all-the-way-down-lands-in-pig-pen/700338/10 "2014-10-04T10:23:11Z")
> [@davidm](#): > > I’m trying to understand what we’re seeing on the video on the way down. The best I can figure is that the camera is spinning and the electronics are fighting to stabilize the picture, and that somehow causes the multiple bands of earth and sky. > [@Tangent](#): > > It may be an effect of the rate of spin of the falling camera versus its video frame rate. Combined with a “rolling shutter”, which means each frame is not taken in one go, but line by line from the top. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2014, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-camera-falls-from-plane-records-all-the-way-down-lands-in-pig-pen/700338/11 "2014-10-04T11:07:20Z")
Love it. Reminded me of those several Mars probe landing images. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2014, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-camera-falls-from-plane-records-all-the-way-down-lands-in-pig-pen/700338/12 "2014-10-04T13:24:23Z")
> [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > That’s outstanding. Glad it didn’t hit the pig. I’m glad we were spared a trip _through_ the pig. Erm, I mean the pig tasting it at the end, not falling through the pig. But I’m glad that didn’t happen either. ---
**Author:** ![Octarine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/22d042/32.png) [@Octarine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octarine)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2014, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-camera-falls-from-plane-records-all-the-way-down-lands-in-pig-pen/700338/13 "2014-10-04T13:56:15Z")
\*Dum de dum de dum de - \* _plop_ \*Oh, look! Something fell from the sky! Can I eat it?\* That pig has it all figured out. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2014, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-camera-falls-from-plane-records-all-the-way-down-lands-in-pig-pen/700338/14 "2014-10-04T14:05:49Z")
Too bad it didn’t land in the Chicken Coop. Chicken Little would be clairvoyant! ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Pearse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/richard_pearse/32/13144_2.png) [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2014, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-camera-falls-from-plane-records-all-the-way-down-lands-in-pig-pen/700338/15 "2014-10-04T14:13:59Z")
> [@Flander](#): > > It landed face up?! With a clean lens?!? With a fisheye?!? BULLSHIT! What’s so unbelievable? 50% chance of landing face up and it didn’t have a whole lot of time to get crap on the lens. I’m not sure what being a fisheye has to do with your disbelief. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2014, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-camera-falls-from-plane-records-all-the-way-down-lands-in-pig-pen/700338/16 "2014-10-04T15:26:41Z")
> [@Flander](#): > > It landed face up?! With a clean lens?!? With a fisheye?!? BULLSHIT! > [@Richard\_Pearse](#): > > What’s so unbelievable? 50% chance of landing face up and it didn’t have a whole lot of time to get crap on the lens. I’m not sure what being a fisheye has to do with your disbelief. My gut reaction is that this is a viral ad for GoPro. ---
**Author:** ![Bozuit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/edb3f5/32.png) [@Bozuit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bozuit)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2014, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-camera-falls-from-plane-records-all-the-way-down-lands-in-pig-pen/700338/17 "2014-10-04T15:39:39Z")
If it’s an ad, it doesn’t seem like it really showcases the video quality. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2014, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-camera-falls-from-plane-records-all-the-way-down-lands-in-pig-pen/700338/18 "2014-10-04T16:30:07Z")
But it does showcase the durability. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2014, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-camera-falls-from-plane-records-all-the-way-down-lands-in-pig-pen/700338/19 "2014-10-04T16:36:49Z")
I don’t think it’s fake, but it does seem like the sort of thing that might be staged - drop a few dozen cameras from a plane over a field, then pick out the best footage. Maybe toss some by hand into a pig pen, near a pig, then check those for the most amusing ending. You can see it’s a pig field before the camera lands, but the ground impact moment would be a really easy place to splice the footage. ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Pearse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/richard_pearse/32/13144_2.png) [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2014, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-camera-falls-from-plane-records-all-the-way-down-lands-in-pig-pen/700338/20 "2014-10-04T21:13:35Z")
> [@Mangetout](#): > > My gut reaction is that this is a viral ad for GoPro. Quite possible, not that GoPro need any advertising, the things are everywhere as it is. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-camera-falls-from-plane-records-all-the-way-down-lands-in-pig-pen/700338.md?page=2)